How to create animated GIF pictures?

I want to create rotating pictures for my site. I have Photoshop and ImageReady on my computer but don't know how to start. I want recommendation for a good site or link that has tutorials on this subject. Thanks
Anicha

A good program for making animated gif files is iDraw.
It's free, easy to use and you get it here:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7325/idraw
Regards,
Cédric

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